In this corner, June “The Cleaver” Cleaver!

The year was 1946 – the Allies were cleaning up after a little skirmish called World War II, Perry Como was tearing up the charts, Bugs Bunny cartoons featured blatent racism, Sylvester Stallone had just been born, and women threw men on their faces using an age-old martial arts technique.

Wait, what?!?

That’s right, even in 1946 judo was alive and well in America. Check out this video of some foxy dames demontrating their skills long before Ronda Rousey stole the hearts of MMA fans everywhere…